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News Highlights:
1 Billion Downloads: As of today, there have now been over 1,000,000 plugins downloaded from WordPress.com. WP Engine has a great infographic about this milestone too.
CalderaWP Plugin Giveaway: Take a survey, get a free plugin for a year from Caldera’s library.
Jetpack Start: Automattic has been working on big changes for their Jetpack plugin, with a big focus on better experiences for new users.
Alphabet: Google Inc is restructuring under the new company called Alphabet.
Torque’s Top 10 Posts: Celebrating our two year anniversary, we rounded up a list of our ten most read posts.
#wpdrama: Jonathan Mann has been writing a new song everyday for several years. He was recently commissioned by Gravity View to write a catchy song about the recent WordPress drama between Matt Mullenweg and Chris Pearson.
Upcoming WordPress Events:
- August 15th: WordCamp Russia
- August 15-16th: WordCamp Vancouver, BC
- August 28-29th: WordCamp Norrköping
- September 5-6th: WordCamp Croatia
- September 12-13th: WordCamp Krakow
- September 12th: WordCamp Baltimore
- September 12th: WordCamp Salt Lake City
- September 19-20th: WordCamp Vegas
- September 25-26th: WordCamp Rhode Island
- September 25-27th: WordCamp Tampa
- September 26-27th: WordCamp Los Angeles
- October 30th-November 1st: WordCamp NYC
This week’s GIF Of The Week(tm):
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